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Two Men in woodstrip Canoe Georgia in front of Eastern Steamship Co
No full textTwo young men in the woodstrip canoe Georgia on the Penobscot River, with either the steamer Camden or Belfast at the Eastern Steamship Co in the background.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangorwaterfront_images/1005/thumbnail.jp
Road Repair Tax for 1910 Penobscot County
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Out and About Bangor, Maine, Circa 1880s to 1910s
No full textA collection of photographs showing Bangor, Maine, from roughly the 1880s to the 1910s. All of the individual images are but a sample of those posted in our Bangor Images at https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/.
The song is Life\u27s a Funny Proposition After All written and performed by George M. Cohan. This recording, originally with a 1910 copyright notice, is in the public domain
In the Maine Woods: 1910 Edition
Get PDFThis annual publication serves as an introduction to persons unacquainted with the vast Aroostook gameland and vacation country and for the hundreds who make yearly visits to this playground of the nation it is a reminder of happy clays in an expanse which nature has endowed with signal munificence. It does not pretend to be a complete compendium for it would require many volumes to adequately cover the many and diverse attractions of Aroostook -- the scenic charms of its mountains, lakes and streams; the delights of the forest retreats; the allurements which yearly call the angler and the mystic charm which draws the hunters to the wooded depths to follow the trail of moose and deer.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_pubs/1046/thumbnail.jp
The Coast of Picturesque Maine
Get PDFGeographers tell us that the coast cf Maine, if measured in a direct line, would be only 225 miles long; yet, such is its irregularity and indentation, that the shore line comprises more than 2,486 miles of seacoast, which is a greater extent than that of any other ocean-bordering state either on the Atlantic, the Pacific, or the Gulf of Mexico.
It is difficult to imagine, much more so to describe, a sea shore region of such vast extent, where the coast line is so rugged and so beautiful, where the islands are almost infinite in their number, size and variety, and where the numerous bays are veritable archipelagos. From Portland to Eastport, there is no spot on the Maine coast that is uninteresting, none that is unimportant from the viewpoint of the summer tourist.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1245/thumbnail.jp
Mt. Hope Chapel and Office, Bangor, Maine, circa 1909
No full textThe Mt. Hope Chapel and Office at Mt. Hope Cemetery, 996 to 1048 State Street, Bangor, Maine. This building was built in 1908 and 1909 by architect Wilfred E. Mansur.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1178/thumbnail.jp
National Soldiers\u27 Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Togus, Maine
Get PDFThe Eastern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established by act of Congress approved March 21st, 1866, on what was then known as the Togus Springs Estate, and the first member was admitted October 6th, 1866. It is located five miles to the eastward of the cities of Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner; has an average membership of 2650 men; covers an area of 1894 acres, and is reached by the Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Electric Railway from Augusta, and the Kennebec Central Railroad from Gardiner. Cost for land, buildings and permanent improvements, $704,596.89.
Booklet is almost exclusively photographs of the grounds circa (presumably) 1909. Photographs by Maine Farmer Publishing Company, Augusta, Maine.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1296/thumbnail.jp
In the Maine Woods: 1909 Edition
Get PDFIn the Maine woods one may play as moderately or as strenuously as he likes. If one does not care to rough it but desires the woods surroundings with all the comforts of home, his desires are easily met. Maine woods camps rival metropolitan hotels in the comforts they afford their guests. Some of the larger camps have gas or electric lighting plants, private baths and telephones, yet a short trip from camp takes one into the abode of all the finned and furred and feathered denizens of the forest.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_pubs/1030/thumbnail.jp
1909 Bangor and Brewer City Directory
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Pocket Guide for Bangor: December 15, 1909
Get PDFPamphlet functions primarily as a schedule for the Bangor Railway and Electric Company, providing locations and times for arrivals and departures. Included as well are schedules for Maine Central Railroad, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, and the Eastern Steamship Company, advertisements for Bangor businesses, locations of doctors\u27 offices, churches, civic organizations, schools, and more in Bangor, and much more.
A particularly telling advertisement is this one, for Bangor Railway and Electric Company: If your office, store or house is not wired you probably found some objection to electricity the last time you looked into the question. Possibly the cost of wiring deterred you, or you thought the monthly bills might be more than you could afford. Electric lighting has recently made great advances, and, if you are not using it, you ought to investigate now. The Tungsten Lamp removes the objections of the most exacting. It gives nearly three times as much light as former (carbon) incandescent lamps for the same current and the quality of the light is greatly superior. Do not put off a matter of so much importance. Have your house wired this month. We will be glad to give you particulars.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1225/thumbnail.jp